Aishwarya Kiran Bagayatkar
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Aishwarya Kiran Bagayatkar

Product Designer

Actively looking for Sr. UX Design roles

A year ago

About

Hey there! I am Aishwarya, a Product Designer with over 3 years' experience building meaningful products and logical experiences. I believe in persuasive design. I strategise products that benefit users and businesses. I focus on creating products with intuitive user experiences that drive engagement and conversion. It's my goal to advocate for accessible, scalable, and usable products and experiences.

Projects

2023

Scope: To create a lite version of existing Customer Plus application, which will be deployed to countries where salesforce certification is invalid and to create digital transformation for Bayer Salespeople resulting in cost optimization.

Project Timeline: August 2023- Present

Responsibilities:

  • Conduced UX-UI audit on the existing application.

  • Presented Design challenges and potential future changes to internal stakeholders.

  • Modules of focus: Account Planning, Engagement Programs, Interaction Management, Sales Potential and Account Profile.

  • UI Enhancements created for the Engagement Program, Interaction Management, Sales Potential and Account Profile.

  • Identified objects (components displayed in the UI) to be created for the Account Planning module (New Module).

  • After identifying objects, created an Information Architecture for AC.

  • Ideated for challenges, novel ideas, and queries.

  • Created Lo-fi wireframes, presented them to internal stakeholders.

  • After bunch of review rounds, we finalized a set of Lo-fi wireframes.

  • Created hi-fi wireframes and prototypes.

  • Gave 1 round of walkthrough of the visual design to the stakeholders.

  • Handed over the visual design UI and assets to the development team.

2023

Scope: To create a web portal for Distributors and Approval Manager to manage safety certificates required for exporting goods from other countries to China.

Project Timeline: May 2023- July 2023

Responsibilities:

  • Conduced stakeholder interviews with Bayer internal team to discuss the project scope.

  • Created user flow for both the personas to reflect our understanding

  • Created storyboards to understand any underlying gap between users and the process.

  • With the storyboard in hand, had couple of discussions with stakeholders to understand if anything is missing and scope for new features.

  • After identifying and creating a requirement list for the project, started with the lo-fi wireframes to get feedback from internal team and stakeholders.

  • Conducted 2 rounds of wireframe walkthrough with the client and incorporated any feedback as suggested.

  • After a final sign-off on wireframes, started working on Visual Design part.

  • Gave 1 round of walkthrough of the visual design to the client and client shared their sign-off through mail.

  • Handed off the Visual design UI and assets to the development team.

2022

Scope: To create a customer management application for partners & growers starting with countries like Romania, Hungary, SA & USA.

Project Timeline: March 2022- Present

Responsibilities:

  • Conducting stakeholder interviews with Bayer internal team to discuss the project scope.

  • Information gathered from the KT sessions, interviews and documents were collated on Mural using affinity diagrams.

  • Created a task flow for the application.

  • After that, UX screens were created to ensure our understanding with the other teams as well as Bayer team.

  • By following Formative Design Approach, we started conducting sessions with Bayer team to get continuous feedback & incorporating the feedback.

    New module in progress.

2022

Scope: To create a redemption module for a track & trace application for Bayer Channel Partners & advisors.

Project Timeline: September 2022- February 2023

Responsibilities:

  • Going through KTs to understand work done so far by the team and a previous designer.

  • Creating a consistent and smooth customer experience for application, by carrying out same style & tone set by the previous designer.

  • Creating a redemption module based on business requirements and understanding technical feasibility.

  • Created a user flow for the entire module on Miro.

  • Based on the user flow, produced lo-fi UX wireframes for business approval.

  • Once the business approval was done, created visual design screens, and sent those to business for sign-off.

  • After the screens were signed off, handed over the assets & XD link to the development team.

2021

Scope: Created a customer facing ‘Agency web portal’ to shift customers from legacy portal to Bayer system.

Project Timeline: September 2021- August 2022

Responsibilities:

  • Conducted stakeholder interviews with the Bayer ANZ Staff to understand their customers’ work better.

  • After interviews, collated all the data points in Word Doc first and later created analysis of data on Mural using different methods, such as affinity diagram, rose-thorn-bud etc

  • Started ideation phase, taking continuous feedback from Bayer PM Angela R and created UX Wireframes.

  • Then with the help of UX wireframes, took the input from the stakeholder on possible changes.

  • Based on feedback, created the final Visual Design wireframes. Sent it for sign-off.

  • After a successful sign-off, handed over the assets and screens to the development team. Were in loop with them to ensure design alignment.

Speaking

2023
Gamification in Products at DX Power Hours at Cognizant Mumbai
Mumbai

Conducted a KSS session on Gamification in Product design for the design team in Mumbai. Talked about the Octalysis Framweork and how designers can integrate different game techniques to maximize product potential and to create products that will stick.

2022
Hooked at Fun Friday Sessions
Remote

Gave a summary of the book Hooked by Nir Eyal. We discussed the key points of the book, identified the strategies used by Nir Eyal, and brainstormed how we could use them in our own projects. We also discussed potential applications and case studies. This was an interactive session.

2021
UX in car design at User Experience Design Event
Hyderabad

I discussed how factors such as the rise of AI, automation, and personalization have changed the way people interact with their cars and how they expect their cars to work. I also talked about how these technologies have caused a shift in the way automakers design their cars and how these changes will affect the future of user experience in the car industry.

Awards

2023
Generative AI Challenge from Cogniaznt

Position: Secured a rank in the Global Top 30 finalists

I had participated as a team of 3 members in the Generative AI challenge hosted by Cognizant and powered by Bluebolt globally. We discussed how behavioural science can merge with Generative AI to create customised fitness solutions that promise sustainable personal growth.

2021
Design Hackathon- Platform Experience Transformation from Cognizant

Position- Won 3rd place in India

The hackathon involved hands-on experience with Power BI tool and creating a case study. We explored the data, identify trends and create visualizations. We also had the opportunity to receive guidance from experts in the field. Finally, we were judged on our work and the winners were announced.

Work Experience

2024 — Now
User Experience Consultant at Bayer Crop Science
Remote
  • Transitioned to a consulting role for a longstanding client after over two years as a UX Designer.

  • Currently involved in the "Customer Plus" project, active for over five years, focusing on its online iteration.

  • Utilizing the Salesforce platform for the project's online version.

  • Working in direct collaboration with the Bayer Design team based in the USA.

2021 — Now
Senior Experience Designer at Cognizant Technology Solutions
Hyderabad | Mumbai

Responsibility:

  • Led UX team for the Bayer Crop Science client account for 4 projects.

  • Conducted stakeholder interviews, interacted with client as a UX team representative.

  • Conducted user interviews and formative design approach to successfully implement three global projects to drive customer retentions.

2021 — 2021
Freelance UI Designer at Client- Amr Fouad
Remote

Time Period: 2 Months

Responisibility: Designed user interface of a mobile application which focused on movie themed Trivia game.

2021 — 2021
Freelance Graphic Designer at Flair Intelligence
Remote

Time period: 1.5 Months

Responsibility: Created social media template design and brochure template design for the start-up.

2019 — 2019
Product Design Intern at Russet Design Studio
Mumbai

Responsibilities:

  • Contributed to Social Media Strategy.

  • Interacted with clients.

  • Assisted Senior Designers to Client visits.

  • Contributed UI Enhancements to their website.

Volunteering

2016 — 2018
Volunteer at Bodhi Foundation
Pune

Education

2016 — 2020
Bahelor of Design at Symbiosis Institute of Design
Pune

Certifications

2021
Human Centered Design- Certified Practitioner from Human Factors Research & Design
2020
Digital Product Management: Modern Fundamentals from Coursera
2019
Digital Skills- User Experience Design from Accenture

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